2+ hour, 5+ min ago  (471+ words) Sitting at my desk on an island in the Atlantic, I can speak to some of the best scientists, conservationists and people invested in protecting the planet across the world," says Mongabay staff writer Spoorthy Raman. From her home in…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (230+ words) Blue-nosed chameleons, a lizard species found only in northern Madagascar, are known for their colorful noses, which brighten when they get excited. For many years, lack of data meant the blue-nosed chameleon was classified as the species Calumma boettgeri, a…...

9+ mon, 5+ day ago  (181+ words) This year, a record-breaking 3, 300 entries from 78 countries entered to win in one of six categories: wildlife, people, landscapes and threats, as well as underwater and conservation stories. The 2025 overall winner features an aerial view of a roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (441+ words) Among the many spectacular reef fishes swimming the Indo-Pacific corals, from Africa to Oceania, is the big-eyed, bulge-faced, thick-lipped, blue-green humphead wrasse, also known as the Napoleon wrasse. It's among the world's largest reef fish, sought for its flavor and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (419+ words) There are moments in natural-history films when the camera seems improbably close: a polar bear's breath fogging the lens, a seal's eye lingering, an orca pod moving with intent beneath fractured ice. The illusion is of proximity without disturbance. The…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1498+ words) Wildlife releases are usually joyous events. Uplifting scenes of animals cautiously nosing the air as they take their first tentative steps into freedom warm our hearts. However, new research suggests the wild can be a "death trap," especially if the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (454+ words) Mongabay If you liked this story, share it with other people. Anyone who looks at a social media feed with any regularity is likely familiar with the deluge of fabricated images and videos now circulating online. Some are harmless curiosities…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (135+ words) Mongabay He could sound severe about human limits, but he did not argue for despair. He argued for attention, for research, and for education early enough to become reflex. He also argued, with a botanist's stubborn literalism, that life is…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (368+ words) Once in a while, an animal shows up where it's least expected, including places from where it was thought to have gone extinct. These rare sightings bring hope " but also fresh concerns. These are some of the wildlife sightings Mongabay…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (229+ words) Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that's unusual or unexpected in some way, changing how we understand the natural world. Here are five such examples that Mongabay reported on in 2025: For the…...